Bloomington High School - Gothic Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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B. H. S. — GOTHIC = 1921 Board of Education 1C. E, Uamshv. Superintendent Ida M. Im.kknkk, Clerk

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GOTHIC B. H. S. Mam sears ag . when the old college building hnuxetl the high school. when tk R. S. basketball was not am! when our liasehall tram «wept the Stale from north to «oath, tm» Senn r l»«n of the lla - f Nineteen Nine were seized by the idea of pofcttthtn(' an nmtal Such an annual they planned at would k a com- t 'etc and permanent record of the high school for the full year. It should cun tam pKtwn, poems, stnrw . cartoons, fancies, fact , truth ami fiction. I .ike all • tber annuals, it should he wholly original. So it was that tworjee Henley, the first editor. published the first tiothic in the historic building which gave to it its name, ft was a success, ami a success has it alwass been. Certain tradition have hern preserved ill the general form and enotent of the tiothic. Its name «Itali be a lasting tribute and inctnorial to I hr -4d building Now. in the spring of nineteen twenty-one. it is our welcome privilege to inbltsh the tiothic. We have certain hope» and «tamlard which we wish to altam. We place before you the remit. Head it. examine it. criticise it. improve m» o it. If »•« are ali fic l. we art pleased, if you are pleased wc are delighted, if are drltghtrd we are satisfied. Our goal is attained. Pint

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1921 =-.......... GOTHIC - B. H. S. The Faculty I lie first thin that one recognizes upon entering the high school as a Freshman is the faculty. In some inexplicable manner they focus our attention, and from then on through four years we never forget them. This is because they are always with us. Relatively speaking, the faculty is the piece-de-resistance of a high school career, for it is that part which first attracts our awe and admira- tion. and afterward fills us with respect for that which has forced us to exertions manifold and mighty, in the main, it is par-excellence. Sometimes the faculty produces characters of note—however lack of space and of life insurance prevents us from dwelling upon them at greater length. Any Sophomore can tell you alxmt that. hirst, last, and all the time, the faculty is an organization of boosters. When the Seniors or any body else yvant anything sold in our community, they generally do a swan song in the arms of the nearest faculty member—and the deed is done. '1 here is an ancient legend afloat that yvhen Xoah could not get one of his elephants up the gang plank of the Ark. he called upon a member of the 11. H. S. faculty to boost—and the animal yvent aboard. Finally, their chief characteristics are a violent spite against Wrigleys and a strange affinity for red ink. They arc mighty exponents of Danvin's theory.